THE MINING GAZETTE (under various names) of Houghton County, Michigan Copyright © 1999-2001 by Dick and June Ross. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. ____________________________________________________________________ 1871 July - December Issues - Some issues may be missing. ........denotes there was more to the article and the article with in is a shortened version. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Thursday, July 6, 1871 Mr Thos. M. BUZZO, Superintendent of the Calumet & Hecla mine, has resigned his position as such, to take effect on the 31st of Aug next. Mr R.J. WOOD, the present agent of the St Mary's Mineral Land Co, will succeed Mr BUZZO, in charge of the Calumet & Hecla mine. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Thursday, July 13, 1871 Mr W.P. SIDNAM, Principal of the Houghton High School from its commencement up to May 1670, will resume his position again as such at the opening of the fall term. Marriage: At the M.E. Church, Hammouton, New Jersey, Tuesday morning, June 20th, by Rev Edwin WATERS, John P. WALDRON of Houghton, Mich, and Miss Mary A. HIGGINS, of Hammonton, N.J. Marriage: On Thursday morning, July 6th, in the Congregational Church, Warren, N.Y. by Rev E.E. WILLIAMS, Mr E.M. GREEN, of Eagle River, to Miss Florence N. WILLIAMS, of Warsaw. Marriage: In the village of Houghton, July 9th, by the Rev J. WERTIN, Capt. Daniel DUNN, of the Huron mine, to Miss B.A. QUINN, of this place. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE July 27, 1871 The friends of C.W. BURROWS, who formerly resided in Hancock and studied medicine with Dr W.W. PERRY, of that village, will be glad to hear that that gentleman has graduated from the University of Michigan, and is now located in the city of Detroit as a practicing physician. Drowned: Louis BALLARD, a Frenchman, and Joseph GOBIN, ... native of Sweden, both married men without any children, and residing at Ripleyville, while attempting to cross the lake last Sunday evening in a small skiff, met their death by the upsetting of the same............ PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Aug 3, 1871 Mr W.D. WILLIAMS, of Ontonagon, has been appointed resident attorney for the H.& O.R.R. Co. Mr W. will hereafter make this county his home. Mr Samuel P. HODGE, founder, machinist and engine builder, of Detroit and Portage Lake, has received the contract for constructin the engine and boilers for the copper rolling mill manufacturing company, of this place. Died: On Monday last an elderly Frenchman name DEWEMY, was standing near some men who were chopping wood in the vicinity of the Calumet & Heclas mine, when a branch from a falling tree struck him on the back of the neck, causing his death almost instantly. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Aug 10, 1871 Former citizen of Portage Lake drowned: In the Owyhee Avalanche of July 22d, published in Silver City, Idaho, the painful intelligence is recorded that George LLOYD, brother of Samuel and Joseph LLOYD, of this place, who formerly resided in Houghton county, was drowned in that Territory on the 24th of June last when his boat was upset in a whirlpool............Deceased was aabout twenty-eight years of age, and a native of Bristol, England, where his father at present resides. He went from Virginia City, Nevada, to Owybee about a year ago, previous to which he had resided six or seven years in the mines of British Columbia. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Aug 17, 1871 There is a letter lying in the post office in this village, addressed to J.P. BRAY, Franklin, Marquette Co, Mich, which will be sent to the dead letter office, at Washington, unless the writer thereof puts a three cent stamp on it. The celebrated PEAK family, bell-ringers, send word that they will appear at Miller's Hall, in this village, an the 29th and 30th of the present month. Blanks for school inspectors' and directors' reports can be procured from Mr James NANKERVIS, at the post office, in the village of Hancock. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Aug 24, 1871 Drowned: A young man, named Adolph CHARTIER, employed as fireman on the tug Mary E. Willis, fell overboard into Torch Lake, on Wed, Aug 16th, and was drowned. Drowned: A lad about eight years old, the son of Thos. POLMEAR, was drowned in Portage Lake, last Friday, near MORALEE & OLDS' saw mill, Hancock. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Aug 31, 1871 Today Mr BUZZO’S connection with the Calumet & Hecla mine, as supply agent and superintendent of the concern, ceases, after a duration of two years and over. He resigned to take his wife to California to a less rigorous climate............. Mr BUZZO is succeeded by Mr R.J. WOOD .... PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Sept 7, 1871 Master William BENDRY, a lad about fourteen years old, nephew of Capt J. BENDRY, of L'Anse, while hunting in the woods with another boy, near Portage Entry, last Friday, discharged the contents of his shotgun into his arm, which left a hole large enough to admit a finger. The accident was caused .... by carelessness Last Thursday, Mrs REDING and her son Peter got on the hind end of the caliboose of the rock train.... at the Calumet & Hecla mine......Each jumped off and were seriously wounded......................... The dwelling house which Mr LLOYD started with from this village, on scows, for L'Anse, arrived there in safety last Tuesday, and is now one of the adornments of the new town. We understand that Mr James JOHNS, of this place, intends moving a dwellinghouse he owns at Eagle River from that place to L'Anse, on SCOWS .... PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Sept 14, 1871 General Joseph HOOKER a distinguished soldier in the Northern army during the late rebellion, was a passsenger on the last trip up of the India. Rev. John WERTIN, for some time at the head of the Catholic Church in Houghton, has removed to Negaunee for the purpose of taking charge of the chapel at that place Mr R.M. HOAR and Mr P GOTTSTEIN, of this village, have purchased the 12 acre lot of land adjoining the town of L'Anse from Mr E. SANTINAULT. We do not know what disposition these gentlemen intend making of their purchase. The ground is well situated, and is altogether an attractive site. Died: In this village, Wednesday morning, Sept 15th, Hannah, wife of Joseph WALLACE. Funeral from her late residence, Friday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Two thousand persons bearing the name of HOWE, with and without the e, met in solemn conclave lately, in Massachusetts, to find out How many of them were related. How they must have jabbered! PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Sept 21, 1871 Miners Immigrating from England: The emigration of miners and agricultural laborers from the county of Cornwall, in the southwest of England, has recently been very great. Farmers, it is reported, have been obliged to carry on their harvesting operations with a small force of laborers and are offering wages as high as from twenty-five dollars to twenty-seven dollars and a half a month, with meals. Even this high rate of wages, it is stated, has failed to secure harvest laborers. The farmers are consequently considerably embarrassed, as the crops are rapidly ripening, and the use of machinery to cut and store the grain has not yet been introduced generally. In the mines the low rate of wages has driven away the miners to the Welsh and English coal mines, and also to the United States. Under these circumstances, the owners of the Cornwall tin mines are greatly inconvenienced through lack of hands. Miss Hattie DEAN Last Friday, this absolute and eccentric female took it into her head to see Houghton by daylight, and in order to better accomplish her purpose in this regard, rigged herself out in man's apparel, and put in an appearance on the streets as a veritable blhoy Hattie's shock to strait-laced Houghton was so great, when her sex was discovered, that it was some time before the viruous sense of the community regained its equilibrium. The village marshal PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Sept 28, 1871 Divorced: Monsieur Alexander BERCIER and wife, Margaret. Divorced: James ROBERTS and wife, Margaret. Mr E.F. GILLETT, one of the best mechanics in the county has just opened, in the village of Hancock, a blacksmith and wagon shop, where he is prepared to do all work in his line in the best manner and at most reasonable rates. We understant that Mr E.L. MASON, a well-known business man on Portage Lake, is going to establish a banking-house in the new town of L'Anse. Married: In Houghton, Mich, Sept 26th, by Rey Wm DWYER, Mr Bartholomew SHEA to Miss Mary A. EAGAN, both of this place. Died: Last Friday an interesting little daughter of Mr INGRAM, of Hancock, while returning from school picked up a piece of glass, and was running towards home with it in her hand, when she slipped and fell on her face in such a manner that the bit of broken glass came in contact with her throat, severing the jugular vein and causing her death in a very few minutes. Little Margaret INGRAM was the idol of her parents and the pet of her playmates. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Oct 4, 1871 I.O.O.F.: Elizabeth Lodge No 45, Degree of Rebekah, named in honor of the wife of Grand Master Isaac SIDES, was instituted by the Grand Master (assisted by D.D. G. M, P-C BIRD, and P.G., R.C. SATERLEE, of Keweenaw Lodge No 82, of Eagle harbor) at Calumet, with forty charter members, an the 27th inst. This is the first lodge of that degree in the Upper Peninsula. H.B. WILLIAMS is the N.G. of the lodge, which starts under the most brilliant prospects of success. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Oct 12, 1871 Died: At Calumet, Mich, on the llth inst, Georgie Wileemina, only daughter of George W. and Clara SHEARS, aged 11 mos and 23 days. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Oct 19, 1871 ...... Mr A.P. THOMAS, the resident manager of the Allouez (mine) says that it is the intention of the directors in this concern to fit the mine up as soon as possible. Letters received from Santa Clara, Cal, state that Mr Thos. W. BUZZO, formerly superintendent of the Calumet & Hecra mine, and family, have arrived at that place all well. Married: On Thursday, Oct 12th, by E.F. DOUGLASS, Justice of the Peace, Mr Wm JOURDAN, of Marquette, and Mrs Gertrude HOST, of Houghton. Birth: In Houghton, Monday, Oct 9th, a son to Rudolph and Frances ORTH. L'Anse: Quite a serious fire occurred last Thursday, on the line of the railroad, about five mile from town. One of the boarding-houses and its contents, on Capt. Jno GILL'S section, was entirely consumed, burning a number of men quite seriously, and it is a wonder that some of them did not loose their lives. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Oct 26, 1871 Last Wed. afternoon, Mr James FREEMAN, a member of the livery stable firm of Freeman Brothers, Marquette, while making the overland trip, on foot, from L'Anse to Lake Michigammi, and when out about twelve miles from the former place, came very near losing his life by the accidental discharge of his pistol. Mr FREEMAN, whose firm are partners of Col. CROOK's of this place, in transporting the U.S. mail overland during the winter, between Portage lake and Negaunee, Mich, was passing over the road to examine it and see what portions needed repairing .... had been using his pistol in shooting at a partridge Fortunately, Mr FREEMAN was accompanied by Mr James IRWIN, and employee of the concern Mr C.F. ESCHWEILER, one of the pioneer mine superintendents in the Portage Lake district, is in town, intending to remain here during the coming winter. A man named MCNALLY who lives in Hancock, was arrested last Friday on the charge of keeping a house of ill-fame. He waived an examination before the justice of the peace, and in default of *500 bonds was remanded to jail to await the action of the Circuit Court. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Nov 2, 1871 Death: Mrs TROMBLEY, the victim of an assassin's perfidy, died on Tuesday evening last from the effects of the gunshot wound she received while lying in bed at her house on Pike Bay, Friday morning, Oct 29th, the particulars of which appeared in the last issue of the Gazette. Mr TROMBLEY, the husband of the unfortunate woman, is now a lunatic, confined in the jail, made so, it is said, by the blow he received on the head from the ax in the hands of young DEMERS, together with the effect of the bloody affair on his mind. The report in circulation at the time of the shooting took place, that Louis DEMERS, the accused, is a cousin of Mr TROMBLEY, is incorrect, he being no relation whatever to either Mr or Mrs TROMBLEY. It is not generally known that there are four young ladies- sisters - residing in Keweenaw county, who are not only very fine singers but excellent instrumentalists as well. The Misses Lily, Emillie, Bertie, and Jennie NICHOLLS have recently given a concert at the Central mine, which was pronounced a success...................... Thursday morning last, about 6 o'clock, the large and powerful screw steamer Dean Richmond burned to the water's edge in Mud Lake, which is a widening of the Sault River between Detour and Sailor's Encampment. The Richmond was on the way down from Duluth to Buffalo, and had on board about 40 people, besides some 32,000 bushels of wheat Lucy MONA, the chambermaid was the only person lost. Died; Atthe Quincy mine, October 29th, Isabella, wife of Capt. John CLIFF..................... She leaves behind an infant dau. Mr Larry GOODMAN, who is moving the Methodist Church at Calumet to a more eligible site. Left the building last Thursday, elevated a few feet on the jack-screws, and the wind which blew so terrifically that night carried the structure from its temporary foundation some ten feet and toppled it on its end, necessitating the taking apart of the edifice and transporting it in sections to its new location. Dr W.W. PERRY, a leading practicing physician in Hancock for a number of years, has removed to Toledo, Ohio, where he intends settling and engaging in his profession. The friends of Mr BEVERIDGE here have given up all hope, and they are now satisfied that he was on board the ill-fated Coburn, and went down with her. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Nov 9, 1871 Married: In Memphis, Tenn, Oct 29th, Geo. W. BURROWS, formerly of Portage Lake, to Miss H. J. MORTON. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Nov 16, 1871 Died: Brother Stephen NICHOLLS died at Quincy, Houghton Co, Michigan, Nov 6, 1671 leaving a bereaved wife and family .... Mr Frank DOUGLASS, of this village, has purchased the post-office news- room from Mr John HOAR, jr, who has left this country, and is now traveling in Europe. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Nov 23, 1871 Mine Accident: Last Monday afternoon ... at the Pewabic Mine, ... timber was placed in a skip and let down a shaft .... When timberman, Mr Wm. REED, together with four miners were leaving, they all got into an empty skip at hand. When the car reached a point where the missing stick of timber had stuck, it tipped all of the men out Mr REED ....succeeded in cathing hold of a rope and saved himself The men killed were all married, and natives of the county Cornwall, England: John JAMES, leaves wife and five children; Thomas ROSEWARREN, leaves wife and three children; Samuel HOOPER, leaves wife and two children; and William BELLEMY, leaves wife but no children Commencement of operations at the Allouez mine has induced Mrs Amie M. JONES, the owner of the town site of Renova, which lies immediately adjacent to the Allouez, to offer for sale town lots in the same. Killed: Patrick MCCUE, a miner employed in the Calumet & Hecla, was killed on Wednesday, the 15th inst, under ground at that mine, by a piece of loose rock falling him. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Nov 30, 1871 Mr Thomas J. BROWN who just returned from a three weeks sojourn in the area where the slate is said to occur ... assures us that this useful and valuable stone in the direction indicated is in such abundance and of such a character as to warrant ... the working of it. A number of intelligent Swedes, under the guidance of a gentleman named Captain BEAN, have settled on the east shore of Huron Bay. A large tract of land has been secured by them, and it is their intention to cultivate the soil and engage in other lines of industry which shall embrace furniture making and the manufacture of fine Brussels lace. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Dec 7, 1871 Chimney Inspectors: Messrs. F. MAYWORM and M. FOLEY, two of the village fathers, were appointed, by their colleagues last Friday night a committee to visit every house in town and report on the condition of the chimneys therein ...... a duck belonging to Mr TREMBIRTH yielded up its life and was found to be paved with gold resembling in character, we are informed, the "gulch" yellow stuff of Australia or California In Ripleyville, Wed. Dec 6, 1671, Mary C., wife of George WHITE, aged 47 yrs. PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Dec 14, 1871 The Menominee Region Marble: The Herald says that S. P. SAXTON, Exq., has gone up the river again, to the iron mines and marble quarries. He intends to bring down some blocks of the silurian marble from Little Sturgeon Falls, and send some to Chicago, where it may be seen by people who intend to build the coming season Died: Daniel NORTHY, mining captain in the Isle Royale mine, while coming from the 70 to the 60 fm. level, last Tuesday afternoon, fell a distance of about 40 feet.......................In less than two hours from (the time he reached his residence and retired, not thinkinh it worth while to call in a physician), he was a corpse........He leaves a wife and four children. Schoolcraft Graded School Roll of Honor: William PAULL, William HOSKING, Lizzie WILCOX. Professor Raphael PUMPELLY, one of the foremost scientific men of the day, and who is well-known on Lake Superior, has been appointed State Geologist of Missouri. Died: of consumption in the village of Houghton, Dec 6th, 1871, John CHUBB, aged 67 years and 10 months. Mr Chubb was born in the Parish of Whitechurch, Devon, England, but was a resident of Houghton County for the past 18 years...............He was employed at the old Albion, Isle Royal and Huron mines until the year 1865 when the First National Bank was organized, and he was appointed its messenger and janitor.......... PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Dec 21, 1871 Some weeks ago- noted in the Gazette at the time - Mr Thos. W. BUZZO, who was on trial for issuing unstamped drafts of the Calumet & Heclas mines in 1870, the agent of which companies he was then, had a verdict rendered against him.................... Cliff Mine - The parties to whom this large and valuable mining property was sold a short time ago, intend commencing operations early in the spring. Every preparation will be made during the winter, when, about the first of April next, the water will be pumped out of the mine and sinking commence from the lower levels. Mr FARWELL, so well and favorably known as the agent of the Phoenix mine a few years ago, is the superintendent of the Cliff under the new regime. Died, Wednesday morning last, in the business office of the Franklin mine, Capt John UREN Not to exceed an hour........................... and a quarter from the time he entered his office, one of the officers of the mine sought Capt UREN, but found only his lifeless form upon the floor, still encased in the cloak, muffler and one of the gloves he had on when he left home, showing that he must have dropped dead the moment he entered the office. Capt UREN was about 50 years of age, a native of Cornwall, England, and an excellent miner.............He had been a resident of Lake Superior for upwards of twenty years.................. Died: On Wednesday morning, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs John BURNS, -(in the building of Foley Brother & Co) in this city, Mrs Ellen FOLEY, at the advanced age of 84 years. Mrs Foley was a native of Deer Park, Lesmore, county of Waterford, Ireland............................ the mother of seven children, four of whom (Michael FOLEY, Houghton; John FOLEY, Eagle Harbor, Mich, and Martin FOLEY, and Mrs John BURNS of Duluth) survive her...................Her funeral took place on Friday morning at the Catholic Church. Her remains were then deposited temporarily in the Minnesota Point Cemetery; to be removed in the spring to the cemetery of Eagle harbor, Mich, where the Foley family resided before removing to Duluth. (from the Duluth Minnesotian) PORTAGE LAKE MINING GAZETTE Dec 28, 1871 Franklin-Pewabic - The death of Capt John UREN, the lessee of these mines, has left the future course problematical. One of the managing directors in the concern is on his way to the lake, as well as Mr Richard UREN, a brother of the late John Uren. Died: A man named Duncan MCGREGOR, living in Hancock, who retired to rest last Wednesday night in apparent good health, was found dead in his bed this - Thursday-morning. Married: In Houghton, Dec 25, 1872, by E. F. DOUGLASS, J.P. Thomas WILLIAMS and Mary Charlotte ROWE of Schoolcraft mine. Died: At Keens, N.Y, Dec 9, 1871, Annie B. HOAR, in the seventh year of her age, the third daughter of P.H. and Elizabeth HOAR. She died of lingering consumption, after three years illness. The funeral service was Dec 17..................... L'Anse: Mr Samuel LLOYD has fitted up a fine stable in connection with his house, and will be able to give parties. Last Wednesday evening a team attached to a sleigh, belonging to Mr SHELVEY, while being driven across the lake on the smelting works' trail, broke through the ice and were rescued with difficulty. ..... the body of the late Capt John Uren ... was taken to Eagle Harbor last Thursday, and there buried in the family vault. 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